The US Government has a habit of trying things out in combat. Agent Orange being one of them. As recent as Desert Storm, we were told that we had to take some pills that were supposed to counteract or at best water down the effects of chemical and biological weapons had they been used by Iraq. AND we were forced to sign a waiver absolving the government of any responsibility for side effects which at the time were not known. That and the use of depleted uranium rounds in our Main Battle Tanks were unfortunate aspects of modern warfare. Even today new things are tried out in war to see how they work. Good time to be in the defense business for sure.
Anyway, lets put this agent orange thing into perspective: Agent Orange was used as a defoliant to; 1. remove leaves from trees thus denying the enemy cover to fight effectively 2. To deny villagers of crops thus forcing them to the US controlled areas and denying the enemy rural bases for which to rest and resupply with food. Agent Orange had been around since the 1940's so yeah, I am sure that the effects on humans were known to at least a certain extent, however it was never declared an illegal means of fighting according the the Law of Armed Conflict, so it was used, simple as that. And lets not forget that the US was not the only country to use chemicals. Many other countries have used and continue to use chemical and biological weapons. Personally I am all for any means in which we can use to win, because as Patton said, America loves a winner. America does not tolerate losers. (I am paraphrasing of course) I for one like to be a winner. On Aug 9, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dropping chemicals combined with jet fuel on a fire (which they did in > Vietnam), uh, yeah. Chemical warfare. > > Farmers spraying crops with pesticides and herbicides while farm > workers are in the fields (which has happened here), yup. > > "just a defoliant" my ass. It was a purposeful starvation campaign and > let's see you "take a deep breath" when you get toxins and jet fuel > dumped on you. I'll give you a hint...not the best time to take a deep > breath. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
